List of fictional portrayals of eating disorders

The following is a list of fictional media portraying eating disorders as a prominent or main theme (excluding brief trivial and non-notable mentions). List is categorized by media type and title in alphabetical order. This list is non-exhaustive and may not include all fictional works on the subject matter, including self-published content, international media, recently released media and non-notable content.

Films

 * Abzurdah (2015 Argentine film)
 * Dying in Plain Sight (2024)
 * Feed (2017 American film)
 * For the Love of Nancy (1994 American film)
 * Heathers (1988 American film)
 * Heavy (1995 American film)
 * Kate's Secret (1986 American film)
 * My Skinny Sister (2015 Swedish film)
 * Perfect Body (1997 American film)
 * Sharing the Secret (2000 American film)
 * Spencer (2021 British-American film)
 * Starving in Suburbia (2014 American film)
 * The Best Little Girl in the World (1981 American TV movie)
 * The Neon Demon (2016 American film)
 * Thinner (1996 American film)
 * To the Bone (2017 American film)
 * Vincent Wants to Sea (2010 German film)
 * When Friendship Kills (1996 American film)

Television

 * Calendar Girl (DC Comics): character created by Paul Dini for The New Batman Adventures
 * Slim Obsession (1984 Canadian TV short)

Books

 * Fat Chance (1994 novel by Lesléa Newman)
 * Girls Under Pressure (1998 novel by Dame Jacqueline Wilson)
 * How I Live Now (2004 novel by Meg Rosoff)
 * Hunger for Life (2019 novel by Andy Marr)
 * Killing Aurora (1999 novel by Helen Barnes)
 * Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager (2002 novel by Beatrice Sparks)
 * Letting Ana Go (2013 novel by Anonymous)
 * Life in the Fat Lane (1998 novel by Cherie Bennett)
 * Life-Size (1992 novel by Jenefer Shute)
 * Perfect (2002 novel by Natasha Friend)
 * Skinny (2004 novel by Ibi Kaslik)
 * The Art of Starving (2017 novel by Sam J. Miller)
 * The Cat Ate My Gymsuit (1974 novel by Paula Danziger)
 * The Best Little Girl in the World (1979 novel by Steven Levenkron)
 * Thinner (1984 novel by Stephen King as "Richard Bachman")
 * Wintergirls (2009 novel by Laurie Halse Anderson)
 * Worthy of Love (2019 novel by Andre Fenton)